BY LISA SIMMONS-FIELDS, DNP, MSA, RN, CCM, CPHQ
Care management leaders can strongly influence care management turnover and retention, thereby influencing care delivery across the care continuum improving safety and the quality-of-care delivery.
BY MARIANNE DiMOLA
The United States is facing a massive social worker shortage by 2030. There are already serious regional shortages in rural areas and specific states, but the shortfall will equal tens of thousands of professionals nationwide in just a few years.
The mission and vision of the CMSA Foundation are to elevate the practice of case management and case managers as they lead in improving health outcomes and quality of life for those we serve. The Foundation provides grants, research and process improvement funding for individuals and organizations to share evidence-based and best practices. This funding is supported only through donations and sponsorships.
BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, RN, BSN, MSN, NE-BC, CCM, FCM, FAAN
At the time of this writing, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023) reported the lowest unemployment rate since 1969 at 3.4%. There were 58,000 new jobs added in the healthcare sector.
BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM
The practice of case management and the organizations that support the work of CMs is enormously varied. To begin with, CMs come from and practice in every area within the healthcare continuum of care.
BY FRANCESCA BRYAN-COUCH, DNP, RN, CHPN; JUNE CALLASAN, MSN, RN, CCM; RUTH D. GRENOBLE, LCSW, CCM; RACHELE MISITI, LCSW-S, CCM
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has embarked on an enterprise- wide effort to streamline and standardize care coordination through an endorsed care coordination and integrated case management (CC&ICM) model of practice.
BY REBECCA PEREZ, MSN, RN, CCM
As value-based care (VBC) becomes the norm, healthcare providers and organizations will strive to meet the quality standards set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Most organizations agree that the problems facing individuals with complexity are that care is not sufficiently person-centered.
BY TAMI WANTOLA, RN, AND SANDRA ZAWALSKI, MSN, RN, CRRN, CCM, ABDA, MSCC
Case management has been here for decades, and many of us learned from on-the-job training. We worked cases in workers’ comp, hospice, acute care and many more areas. However, how many of us know about the effects becoming a widow or widower has on a person?
BY MICHELLE KNAUB, MSN, RN
Nursing is a wonderful profession that has brought a sense of joy and fulfillment to so many of us. It is a career that can be accessed by six different levels of nursing degrees, corresponding with six different levels of academic achievement.
BY DR. LISA PARKER-WILLIAMS, DNP, MBA, RN, CCM
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, professionalism is communicating effectively and appropriately while always finding a way to be productive.